1ST DETECT ANNOUNCES ENTRANCE INTO ANOTHER MAJOR MARKET
May 12, 2015
Austin, Texas -– 1st Detect, a subsidiary of Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC), is pleased to announce the receipt of an initial order for its disruptive mass spectrometry technology from one of the world's leading snack food producers. The unit will be used for quality control purposes. "By incorporating our technology within their manufacturing process, this customer should [...]
Yokogawa Draws Up Transformation 2017, a New Mid-term Business Plan – Three reforms for growth
May 12, 2015
Tokyo, Japan - Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has drawn up Transformation 2017 (“TF2017”), a new mid-term business plan for growth, and will begin its implementation in fiscal year 2015. In fiscal year 2011, Yokogawa drew up the Evolution 2015 mid-term business plan with the goal of becoming the global No.1 company in the [...]
Genedata Screener Now Supports Streamlined Collaboration among Pharmas and CROs
May 12, 2015
Basel, Switzerland -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced that the Genedata Screener® platform supports data- and result-sharing with Contract Research Organizations (CROs). Genedata Screener provides a framework for systematic import, processing, and end-result propagation for all types of screening experiments, making it ideal [...]
May 12, 2015
Uppsala, Sweden -- Gyros AB, a pioneer in miniaturizing and automating immunoassays at nanoliter-scale, today announced the introduction of its Gyrolab™ CHO-HCP Kit 1. The new kit detects and quantifies host cell proteins (HCP) from Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells used in bioprocessing of biotherapeutics. HCP are measured throughout the production process, as they may [...]
May 12, 2015
LEXINGTON, Mass. -– N-of-One, Inc. , the leading provider of clinical interpretation evidence, today announced that CellNetix Pathology and Laboratories has adopted N-of-One’s new clinical trial matching solution, TrialMatch™, as well as N-of-One clinical interpretation evidence services. Under this agreement, N-of-One will provide industry-leading clinical interpretation evidence as well as molecular profile-based clinical trial matching [...]
May 12, 2015
San Diego -- GenomeDx Biosciences today announced the launch of the Decipher® Genomics Resource Information Database (Decipher GRIDTM), a clinical genomics data sharing program that unites patient registries from leading cancer centers with GenomeDx’s full genome profiling platform. The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University is the first institution to partner with GenomeDx [...]
Endress+Hauser Set for Complete Acquisition of Analytik Jena
May 11, 2015
Reinach (CH)/Jena (Germany) -— The Endress+Hauser Group aims for the complete takeover of German company Analytik Jena AG. The Group is also interested in buying shares. “We are still prepared to acquire shares at a reasonable price,” announced Dr Heiner Zehntner, Legal Counsel and member of the Executive Board of the Endress+Hauser Group and Supervisory [...]
Ceres Adds New Customer for its Genome Browsing Software Platform
May 11, 2015
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Ceres, Inc. (NASDAQ: CERE), an agricultural biotechnology company, today announced that the company has licensed its Persephone bioinformatics software to global seed potato developer, HZPC Holland BV. The software license agreement provides a non-exclusive license to HZPC as well as professional support services. HZPC is the most recent multi-national life sciences [...]
May 11, 2015
UNION, NJ and MANASSAS, VA -- The Institute for Life Science Entrepreneurship (ILSE), a non-profit translational science research integrator, accelerator and incubator, and ATCC, the premier global biological materials resource and standards organization, announced today a collaboration to establish The ATCC Center for Translational Microbiology at ILSE (the “Center”). The focus of the Center will [...]
Release of a New Electron Microscope JEM-2100Plus
May 11, 2015
JEOL Ltd. (President Gon-emon Kurihara) announced a new 200 kV transmission electron microscope incorporating a thermionic-emission electron gun, JEM-2100Plus, to be distributed in June 2015. Product development background Transmission electron microscope (TEM) has long been a tool essential for micro structure evaluation. The JEM-2100Plus is a multi purpose transmission electron microscope, which combines the proven [...]

